What ... was/were ... Which of the following sentences is correct? What I bought today was two apples and three pears. What I bought today were two apples and three pears.

xiaokaoy

Oct 18, 2012 2:58 AM

Answers · 9

In my opinion, it should be : What I bought today were (two) apples and (three) pears. Anyway, to avoid confusion, I would have used "The things that I bought today were .....

October 18, 2012

u can say like this ' i bought 2 apples and 3 pears ' it's the easy way friend :::::::::

October 18, 2012

"was" The subject "What I bought today" must take "was".

October 18, 2012

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